Past Tense Worksheet

English grammar lesson 13: Simple past tense · Set 273 · 40 questions

The grammar rule (Past = V2): Time words: yesterday, last Sunday, two days ago, last week, in 2023. Regular verbs add -ed (cleaned, studied, jogged); irregular verbs change (went, ate, wrote, bought). The same form works for every subject. Questions and “not” use did + the base verb: Did you go? He did not go.

1. 1.___ he fly a kite last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
2. 2.What is the past tense of “drink”? (a) drunk (b) drank (c) drinking (d) drinked
3. 3.What is the past tense of “swim”? (a) swimmed (b) swam (c) swum (d) swimming
4. 4.You did not ___ a picture in 2023. (a) draws (b) drew (c) draw (d) drawing
5. 5.What is the past tense of “win”? (a) winning (b) winned (c) won
6. 6.He did not ___ the train yesterday. (a) taking (b) take (c) takes (d) took
7. 7.He ___ a kite last week. (a) flew (b) flies (c) will fly (d) flyed
8. 8.___ he feed the dog last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Do (c) Did (d) Was
9. 9.She did not ___ the bag last Sunday. (a) carries (b) carried (c) carrying (d) carry
10. 10.My brother ___ science last Sunday. (a) studies (b) studied (c) has studied (d) will study
11. 11.My friends ___ a tree in 2023. (a) planted (b) plant (c) have planted (d) will plant
12. 12.I did not ___ a story two days ago. (a) tells (b) told (c) telling (d) tell
13. 13.___ Zoya bake a cake yesterday? (a) Did (b) Do (c) Does (d) Was
14. 14.___ Saanvi fly a kite last week? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Does (d) Do
15. 15.We did not ___ rice in 2023. (a) cooked (b) cooks (c) cook (d) cooking
16. 16.What is the past tense of “speak”? (a) speaked (b) speaking (c) spoke (d) spoken
17. 17.What is the past tense of “fly”? (a) flyed (b) flew (c) flying (d) flown
18. 18.___ they eat a mango last Sunday? (a) Does (b) Was (c) Do (d) Did
19. 19.Meera did not ___ a cake last week. (a) bake (b) baked (c) baking (d) bakes
20. 20.___ they fly a kite in 2023? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
21. 21.She did not ___ in the pool last week. (a) swims (b) swim (c) swam (d) swimming
22. 22.What is the past tense of “send”? (a) sended (b) sent (c) sending
23. 23.___ Priya buy vegetables last week? (a) Do (b) Did (c) Does (d) Was
24. 24.My sister did not ___ a message two days ago. (a) sending (b) sent (c) send (d) sends
25. 25.What is the past tense of “draw”? (a) drew (b) drawed (c) drawn (d) drawing
26. 26.What is the past tense of “bring”? (a) bringed (b) brought (c) bringing
27. 27.___ I speak Hindi last week? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Was (d) Did
28. 28.Yash did not ___ on the stage last Sunday. (a) dance (b) dancing (c) dances (d) danced
29. 29.What is the past tense of “take”? (a) taken (b) taking (c) taked (d) took
30. 30.My sister ___ the room two days ago. (a) cleaned (b) cleans (c) has cleaned (d) will clean
31. 31.I ___ a tree last Sunday. (a) will plant (b) have planted (c) planted (d) plant
32. 32.___ you carry the bag two days ago? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Was (d) Do
33. 33.___ I run in the park last Sunday? (a) Do (b) Does (c) Did (d) Was
34. 34.My sister did not ___ rice last week. (a) cooking (b) cook (c) cooked (d) cooks
35. 35.___ he study science two days ago? (a) Was (b) Did (c) Do (d) Does
36. 36.Riya did not ___ a picture yesterday. (a) draw (b) drawing (c) draws (d) drew
37. 37.She ___ a bicycle two days ago. (a) rides (b) will ride (c) rode (d) rided
38. 38.___ Saanvi plant a tree last week? (a) Did (b) Does (c) Do (d) Was
39. 39.___ he bring lunch last week? (a) Was (b) Do (c) Did (d) Does
40. 40.He ___ a cap yesterday. (a) weared (b) will wear (c) wears (d) wore

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